Brody doing ok after surgery today to place "stent" in ureter

Brody had surgery today to place stents in each urterer.    His surgeon that is performing his major surgery tomorrow morning wanted the "stents" placed so he could better feel,  protect,  and distinguish his ureters.   They were only successful with placing the stent on his right side though.    Brody's tumor is occluding the left side too much.   His left kidney is not functioning very well and his left urterer may be no longer functional from the tumor being wrapped around and up against it so long.   So Brody may also have his left kidney removed tomorrow when they are removing the tumor.   His surgery to remove as much of his tumor as possible is scheduled to begin at 7:45am tomorrow morning.

Brody is feeling ok following today's surgery.   He is not complaining of any pain from the stent placed on the right side.   He is urinating without pain also.   However,  his eyes have been hurting him quite a bit since the surgery today.   We are not sure if his eyes are just extremely dry or if he actually managed to scratch his cornea somehow during the surgery today.   Those in the operating room did not notice Brody do anything that would injure his eyes.   They also said that his eyes were lubricated with artificial tears eye ointment, closed,   and taped shut during the procedure.   So we are not sure why his eyes are hurting him so much.   He says they burn.   His eyes are feeling much better late this evening compared to this afternoon.   Brody says they do not hurt if he keeps his eyes shut but when he opens them they still hurt.   So he is refusing to open his eyes.   He will not let any of the docs look at them either.   If they are still bothering him tomorrow they plan to take a closer look at his eyes tomorrow during the surgery too since he will be asleep and not notice anyone checking his eyes.   Brody is asleep now and is not too worried about his surgery tomorrow.   He wants to have the surgery done so he can get rid of the tube in his back (nephrostomy tube)  and be able to get back in water again when he's healed.   His favorite thing in the world to do is play in the water.   And he really wants a regular bath or shower again.   He is not a fan of the sponge baths he has been doing for the last 9 months.   So anyhow,  Brody remains in good spirits despite all of the eye pain simply because he wants the tube out of his back.  

I am,  of course,  very nervous about the surgery tomorrow but I will choose to focus on the positives just like Brody.